Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1928, Page 59

< 'Foot Ball, Diick pins | [ ST SPORTS SECTION Zhe Sunday Star, Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C,.SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER - 20, 1928, East’s Team Wins On Coast : Star Pin Leaders Hold On : 1928 Packed With Thrills GRIOMEN OF WEST AREROUTED, 20 - Backfield of Holmer, Harp-| ster, Howell and Weston Dazzles Foes. By the Associated Press. EZAR STADIUM. San Francisco, December 29.—Eastern foot ball regained part of the prestige Jost in carly s2ason skirmishos when a great all-star eleven today smothered its Western rival, 20-0, in the annual East-West charit; game. More than 40,000 persons, assembled in this municipal bowl to witness the benefit contest for the Shriners’ Crip- pled Children’s Hospitals, saw the East- ern stalwarts outplunge, outmaneuver and outpass the Western warriars throughout four periods of bitter battl: The first victory for an Eastern team since the classic was started in 1925 ‘was gained by the most decisive score vet chalked up. An Eastern touchdown crashed over in the first few minutes of play. and thereafter the visitors from the sunrise side of the Rockies had things their own way. While the Westerners still were reel- ing under the shock of the first of- fensive, their rivals, functioning like a well oiled machine, rushed over another touchdown in the second period, beat them back in the third quarter and fin- ished in the last frame with a spurt that counted another touchdown. East’s Backfield Brilliant. A brilliant backfield _combination, featuring Holmer of Northwestern, Harpster of Carnegie Tech, Howell of Nebraska and Weston of Boston College, Tan riot through the Western defense— cemoralizing it with an aerial attack and crushing it on the ground. Twelve first downs followed the efforts of the visitors, while the West was: able to chalk up only three. The Western offense was so lacking that only on_three occasions were the Easterners called upon to defend them- selves in their own territory. During the ?me. the West got no nearer to its rival's goal line n the 40-yard m.Wr'l;ill h le the entire Eastern uad showed to advantage, Holmer, Hngswr and Bennett were outstanding, the first two shared the passing and kicking duties and both were superior to Hoff- man, Stanford, and Allen, Olympic Club. Bennett, a wriggling, twisting half- back of small proportion, ran all around the Western players while he was in the game. Line-up and Summary. East (20). Posttion. ‘West _(0). i 'rankain, Bt. M. in . ry's | present ibson, Mina... .. Getto, Piftsbureh.. R. John: " western T S Horas -Hoffman, 7 8 0 o 0 o East _scoring_touchdown—Holmer, @). Point from try “after touchdown— Nowack (2) (place-kick). Referee—Mr. Varnell (Chicago). Umpire —Mr. Eckersall (Chicago). Head linesman —Mr. Evans (Milliken). Pleld judge—Mr. Braddock (Pennsylvania). BA. TECH'S CASUALS at Stanf'd 7—20 0—0 Howell CANPLAY TUESAY = Drennon and Brooke Recov- ering—_California Gridders Confident. By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif, December 29.— The Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech swirled about a practice fleld today with @ force that indicated the Southerners, who will carry the gridiron traditions of Dixie into battle here New Year day, sgainst the University of California were in fighting spirit. Raleigh Drennon and Jim Brooke, respectively regular and substitute guards who have been laid up for sev- eral days, will be in the game, but perhaps not in the best of condition. Comparatively light was the work of the Yellow Jackets today after two days of intense scrimmage and a strenuous dummy and signal drill yesterday. On Monday Coach Bill Alexander will put | the finishing touches on his squad in & drill. A highly optimistic atmosphere pre- vails in the lair of the Golden Bear of California. Although pep aplenty was evident in the one practice session this morning, the confident feeling of the Bears does not carry the earmarks of cockshureness Coach ibs” Price has indicated that he is well satisfied with the physi- cal condition of his men and gratified with the attitude the Bears have taken toward the game. A light work-out will top off the Californians’ training today. Arousing excitement unprecedented in Rese Bowl history, the game in all probability will be played to a capacity crowd of 70,000, it was indicated today. Less than 6,000 tickets remain to be sold. The largest previous attendance at a New Year day classic was 58,000 patd admissions to the Alabama-Stan- ford game in 1926. S MACK SENDS HAUSER BACK TO MILWAUKEE PHILADELPHIA, December 29 (#).— Manager Connie Mack of the Athletics today announced the release of Joe Hauser, first baseman, to the Mil- v{nukcc team of the American Associa- tion. Hauser came to the Athletics from Milwaukse about 6 years ago. He in- jured his knee in 1025 and was out of the game for most of the season. The next year he was sent to Kansas City, but later was recalled. SHARKEY GETS TRAINING OFFER FROM TAMPA, FLA.!%, TAMPA, Fla., December 29 (#).— Sharkey has been offeyed the Benjamin | Field boxing arena here for training quarters for his bout in Miami with young Stribling Februry 27. Col. S. L. Lowry, jr., chairman of the City Boxing Commission, said he had telegraphed Tex Rickard at Miami, and John Buckley, Sharkey's manager, at Brighton, Mass., placing at their dis- sal the 116th Field Artillery plant, cluding training quarters and a sta- seating 9,000 persons, fiara | tal League stepped into Tourteenth place it with a 578 total. Az ord | BAin seventeenth place, » | cumed Wednesday night, when many of LEADERS IN THE STAR | 3. Wolstenholme Erniz Miller Alfred Souder Zliworth Moy Ceeil Aylor J. H. Rothgeb William Herber Edward Kessler WOMEN. y Gerant .. red Mrgoe . izabeth Ackman Annie_Anderson Ora Tmge . | Estelle Seeley . | Emily Nefl . | Hil%a Howd: |5, Kirk . | Mazine F! TEDILLER LANDS FOURTH WITH A Al Souder Places Seventh| | ‘With 595, and Shag Raw- | lings Is in Tie for Eighth. l place among the men sceking honors in The Evening Star duckpin tournament when he collected 605 pins at Lucky Strike last night. He is the fifth contestant to smash the 600 circle and the first to pass that goal since the opening night. No changes resulted in the women's division as none of the fair entrants was scheduled to roll last night. Al Souder, another American Security & Trust Co. star, performing alongside of Miller, recorded the second highest set of the night, 595, which earned him the seventh ranking position to date. Shag Rawlings rolled into a tie with Ellsworth Moyer and J. Donald Nevius for eighth place, when he smashed 593 pins for the 5-game set. A 140 count in his fourth game was high for the night and enabled him to gain a posi- tion among the leaders. Charles A. Sims totaled 589 to gain ession of twelfth place, and . Dracopoulos of National Cap- ED MILLER of the American Security & Trust Co. team of Bankers’ League assumed fourth George A 576 total enabled Cecil Aylor.to ana Edward Kessler of Prince Georges County League just squeezed into the list of leaders with a 571 total to grab twen- tieth place. Last night's bowling saw the elimina- tion of two outstanding stars—Maxie Rosenberg and Perce Ellett, District League high-average men. Maxie scratched after getting a 99 count in his second effort, bringing his total for two games to 223. Perce finished the five- game string with a 533 total. Splits in his early games gave him a poor start. ‘Walter Lynn led the six Alexandria Recreation Center entrants. His 562 | count failed to get him in the list of leaders. Clliton Wood was second | among the Alexandrians with a 556 | After four nights of bowling Clarence | W. Taft's high set of 654 generally is | considered certain to bring him the ‘fll‘st prize. Burton Parson's 621 soore | {of the opening night remains sccend | bigh, and Oliver Pacini's 606 set of the | first night just survived Miller's assault last night to remain in third place. | Jack Wolstenholme was shoved into | fifth place by Miller last night. Mary Elizabeth Gerant's 304 set, which tops the women's division, is not likely to withstand the general attack scheduled for Wednesday and Thurs- | day nights, when the majority of Wasn- ington Ladies’ and Ladies’ District League bowlers swing into action. Mil- dred Megee holds second place with 303 and Elizabeth Ackman is third with 298 | at the close of the fourth night's | program. ‘Tourrement competition will be re- | the men and women prominently asso- | clated with the alley sport will attempt | to gain positions among the leaders. | Alley managers and newspaper scribes will be the center of attraction. This roup includes J. William Wood, John | | S. Blick and Albert D. Gardner. (Scores will be found on page 4.) WINNIG SPLURGE OFHOVAS SNAPPED | Georgetown U. Basketers| Bow to Crescent A. C., in Brooklyn, 47-29. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 29.—The | winning streak of the Georgetown Uni- | versity basket ball team was snapped by the Crescent A. C. team tonight when the Brooklyn clubmen ‘*urned | | back the collegians, 47 to 29. Exerting {a concentrated sgoring attack in both lperé(‘ds. the local five was always in the ead. Simmen, former Yale blayer, now with Crescent A. C., led both teams in the scoring with 13 points, while Roes, ia teammate, made 12 points. Manrice McCarthy, intercollegiate golf cham- pion, was the backbone of the Hilltop team and accounted for nine points. Dutton, Meenan and Dunn also took | Ipn active part in the Georgetown scor- ing. In the second half Georgetown tried i bard to even matlers, but any time 2y made a rally the Newmooners would break out in a scoring rage. Crescent A. C. (47). Georgetown (20 | Roes. Rhodes. Gosol. Shea, 'Ig. .. McCarthy, 'ig. Meeaan, rg. .. 2 Byrnes, 'r7.... Flannigan, ¢ Crabtree. g . Papp. 18 Feeny, re. ornmnnoucal! | coonuanosn, | cnmet !l covconnmcoh® Totals 20 747 Referee—Mr. Brennan, —Mr. O'Shea, West Point. ~20 ‘minutes. Totals Jamaica. Time of ‘Umpire * halves ES OF ATHLETIC ENDEAVOR E DOUARD HOREMANNS - W RIGHT,JR* VON ELM RETAINS COAST COLF LEAD His 136 Second Round Total| Is Stroke Ahead of Hagen. Armour Tied for Sixth. By the Assoclated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., December 29.— George Von Elm, Detroit amateur, today held his lead over the field of 225 golfers at the end of the second round of the | 85,000 Long Beach open, by scoring o par-breaking 71, which, coupled with his sensational 65 of yesterday, gave him =« Jow total of 136. 7 At the half-way mark of the tourna- ment, however, Von E!m held only a one-stroke lead over Walter Hagen, British open champion, who scored 7 under par today for a Wrilliant 66 to iake second place with 137. By breaking the par 73, Bob Me- Donald, Chicago, and Al Hspinosa. Chicago, were tied for third place, the former shooting a 67 today, and Esbinosa 63, bringing the score of cach to 139. Morti> Dutra, Tacoma, next in the field scoring a 69 today, which, coupled with his 72 of vesterday. put him in fourth place with a total of 141 John Rodgers, Denver, and Tommy Armour, Washington, D. C., both fin- ished the second round with a total scote of 142, and th= bracket also held the total scores of John Golden, Pater- son, N. J.; D. Willlams, Shackama:on, ga Y., and Henri Cuici, Bridgeport. rn. PECK A. C. BASKETERS ROUT THE NORTHERNS Peck A. C. basketers routed Northern A. C, 64 to 14, last night. Peck held the whip hand all the way and at the half was ahead, 31 to 10. Peck A. C. (64). Northern A. G.F.P. . 213 (] 22 1 c. | conomia™x G. Huntt, f....0 Lever(on, (. 6 £ St c.. 1 H. J. Tker.c. 0 Rosendorf, I 0 Jewell, §..... H. Moors, & 0 B. Moore, Totals ....30 4 64 _ Totas Referee-3ir. Shore (Tech): ol cosscsen, ‘Wash,, was| GLENNA @ OLLETT= JouNNyY EISSMULLER- W. . KENNEY BUYS INTERESTINGANTS One-Fifth Share Said to Cost $750,000—Rumors of Discord Denied. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—Pur- chase of a one-fifth interest in the stock of the New York Giants by Wil- liam F. Kenny, New York contractor and close friend of Gov. Smith, was disclosed today, and the disclosure was followed by emphatic denials that the purchase shadowed any shift in the clonbt.rul of the National League base ball club. News of the deal, in which it was estimated Mr. Kenny paid $750,000 to acquire 2,500 shares of stock in the National Exhibition Co., corporate name of the Glants, was confirmed by Charles A. Stoneham, president of the club and controlling stockholder. He explained that Mr. Kenny several months ago had acquired the entire holdings owned for years by the Soden & Conant interests of Boston. On behalf of Rresident Stoneham, Secretary J. J. Tierney characterized as “bunk” any talk of discord in the club mandgement or any intention by Mr. Stoneham of parting with his control- ling stock interests. A Newspapers speculated on the tre- mendous increase in base ball values, based on the reported price paid by Mr. Kenny for a 20 per cent interest. It would make the Giants' franchise worth $3,750,000, By the Associated Press. EW ORLEANS, December 29.— Foot ball coaches of the Nation apparently are satisfied to leave the gridiron rules very much as they stand for a few years at least. This was made clear at the annual convention of the Amercian As- sociation of Foot Ball Coaches when they had only one recommendation for a change to make to the National Rules Committee. It was the unanimous sentiment of the assoclation that the rule affecting fumbles should be revised, making such a misplay “dead” at the point of re- covery when gained by the defensive team and allowing the offensive team to gain as much as possible when re- | covered by a member of its own eleven. Coach Knute Rockne of Notre Dame rand Dr. Clarence Spears of Minnesota both spoke in favor of thes fumble i revision. . Coach Willlam Roper of Princeton, | president of the Coaches’ Association, iin his address had a word of criticism of any coaches or athletes who indorse | through advertisement any brands of cigarettes. While he did not mention incidents would+do much to nullify the progress made by the profession. He also touched favorably on the non- | scouting agreement Princeton and Yale used and declared he wished it could be adopted generally. The next meeting will be held in New York the Priday or Saturday following Christmas, 1929. The National Collegi~ ate Athletic Association will be in ses- sion there at the same time. Hugo Bezdek, Penn State coach, to- night was elected president of th2 Coaches’ Association, and Jack Wilce, Ohio State, first vice president; W. A. Alexander, Georgia Tech, second vice president, and Tad Wieman, Michigan, secretary-treasurer, Active members of the board of trus- tees included Harry Hughes, Colorado A. and M.; Will Abzll, Colgate; George Clark, Rutgers, and Bernie Bierman, will rec |any names, he said he believed such |§& 1 1 COACHES FAVOR REVISION OF FUMBLE RULE ALONE Tulane, while honorary members are Jack Wilce, Ohio State; Mike Donahue, unattached; Heisman, unatiached, and Dr. Henry L. Willlams, Minnesota. GALLAUDET’S QUINT BEATS FRANKLIN U. Led by sniping ace, ar Cosgrave, who scored 20 points, basket~ IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS RocErs HORNSBY- FRANK TABERSKI- MURPHY AND CRAM STILL NET CHOICES Win Junior and Boys’ Indoor Title Matches—Frank Shore Survives. By, *%e Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, December 29.—Richard Murphy, Utica, N. Y., and Kendall H. Cram, Nashville, Tenn., still were fa- vorites in their respective divisions to- |nlgm after winning their matches to- | day in the junior and boys’ national in- door tennis championships. In the junior division, Murphy elimi- | nated Stanley Harte, New York, 8—8, |6—1, in the quarter-finals round set. Cram dcfeated Mark Hecht, New York. in the boys' division semi-finals by a score of 6—4, 6—2. In the doubles play, Murphy and Cram both played on winning teams Gallaudet took the measure of Benja- |today. Spectators expressed the bellef min Franklin University tossers in a basket ball game last night in the Kendall Green gym, 37 to 25. Gallaudet displayed a clever passing game but its defense was none too good. There was little long-rangs shooting, both teems striving to work the ball close to the basket. Stewart vas the leading scorer for the losers coming through with 9 point Gallaudet (37, "~ Ben Franklia ( 101,223 Sherman, f. 14°0°8 Wiadlowski, f 1 Cossrove, f.. Drapiemski; Stebbins, rormmo00!d! 1 e 0 0 1 4 Stewart, ' Ringle, g. ol Totals. 737 Total Referee M. Mitchell. By TRAPSHOOT IS ON TODAY AT CONGRESSIONAL C. C. A trapshoot. closed to members of Congressional Country Club, will be held on the club's new range this afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. It will be the sec- ond shoot for the club, which is just starting the sport. The first event today will be a 10-bird sweepstakes from which handicaps will be decided for the major cvent. bird hagdicap, the winner of which € & turkey, also is scheduled. Crsmmnn 8l A 25- | by that Murphy and Cram will win the cingles champlonships in their divisions and also will be members of the win- ning doubles teams when the finals are played Mondt{. Summarics for today’s play follow: Junior Sinsles—Quarter-Final Round. Billy Jacobs defeatsd Richard Covington, 6—1. 62 d’ Murphy dofeated Stanley White, 8—6, 6—-1. Prank Shore defeated 8. P. Hayes, Jr. Henry Clabaugh defeated Towner French, 1, 6—1. Junior Doubles—Quarter-Final Round. Covington and Billy Jacobs de- t d A. T. Friedmea by efa Sidney Selizson snd Stanley Harte de- feated R, Patterson and U. Moorhead, . 6—3. Richard Murphy and 8. P. Hayes, jr., de- l“?dnl‘;n" Clabaugh and Victor Lebow, Frank Shore and Donald Erame defeated I Geodman and P J. Colvin, 6—38. 6—1, 7—S5. Boys' Singles—Semi-Final Round. Walter Rcthschild defeated Sylvan Fox, Kendall H. Of defeated Mark Hech ndall Tam defeated Marl t, Boys' Doubles—S3emi-Final Round. Leo Lichtenstein and Morris Schwartzman defeated Mark Hecht and Walter Roths- | child. & Rosenthal de- 63, 6—2. Kendall H. Cram and B. feated B Gréen and M- Labk Eighty breeds of dogs are recognized y the American Kennel Club, ranging in weight from 4 or 5 pounds to 200 at maturity, 3 CROWDS OUTGROW PARKS AND ARENAS {U. S. Spends $100,000,000 | to Make Year Greatest in History of Sport. cither by thz relaxation of the | entertainment side or the body . | building of the competitive side. Wz won the Olympic games but lost | the Davis Cup. We gained fresh honors cn th2 golf links and polo field, but lest a heavyweight champion. Genz Tunney got married. . Records were established and new champions made many, yet th> achieve- | ments, however notable, run second to | | the amazing interest and mad enthu- | siasm of those who more and more are | turning to the big outdoors and the rec- * reational side. | Throngs See Events. | Millions literally paid millions to satisfy this indulgence. Foot ball, base - ball, racing, tenn's, polo, hockey and all the rest s2t up staggering attendance - figures, which testify to the robust : | health of athletics in general. A new | world record for the gridiron came | when 122,000 saw Notre Dam> beat the | Navy in Chicago. Monster stadia, seat- ing from 20,000 to 80,000, overflowed * time and time again. Bass ball parks were packed for the world scries and - | on holidays and Sundays. Racing never © | before attracted so many pairons. | Boxing did fall off from that record * attendance of 140,000, when Jack | Dempssy was beaten down for the sec- | ond time in 1927, but it is safe to say ° | that the figuras for th> year were bigger | than for any other, even though Tex Rickard and his 600 mill'onaires lost | money when Gene Tunney and his dev- | estating punch ruined Tom Heeney. * | fi"‘ was only a million or so, and the bridegroom took mcst of that. The statisticians tell us that over @ $100,000,000 was expended for sports in this country alone. There is reason to doubt) if even this vast sum will pay the bill. The crowds are outgrowing the parks, the arenas and the piaygrounds. Big Moments of Year. Thrills were packsd on thrills and drama on drama throughout the year. Big_moments were supplied by Babe Ruth with his three home runs in the final gams of th: world sories; by -~ Johnny Farrell in beaiing Bobby Jones by a single stroke in the play-off of their tle for the open golf tiile; by Ral Barbuti in winning th: Olympic “4 X by a scant six inches; by Chris Cagle, Paul Scull and Ken Sirong in speas tacular foot ball plays: by Sabin Carr, who scraped the ceiling in his mighty pole vaule of 14 feet 1 inch, when |long it had been pridicted that 14 | teet was beyond human powers; by Henri Cochei in coming from behind | to beat Frank Hunter for tho national | tanmis title; by the youthful United States polo four in defea'ing the f: vored Argentine team; by the Califor: nia crew In outlasting Columbia at Poughkeepsie and in beating England best at m;fi zlmel:':yk ‘Walter Hagen in e open cham- plonship of Great Britain; by Reigh Count in racing to victory in the Ken- - tucky Derby, and by High Strung in beating Roguish Eye a head in the . Futurity of $125,000. Another big moment came and a | most drametic one, too, when Bill Til- | den, suspended on the eve of the Davis Cup match with Italy and then re- instated temvorarily to play against France. rose in his might to ba$ Rene It was not encush to ratain ut it provided a tarkl ¥ Int>rmaiional Vicie~les. ons cat unsteadily on their Many were pulled off as il chang:d hands. The compeatition | so keen that fow escaped. In an in- | ternaticnal way the United States more . | Gismpte. games, “the Walker Gup ‘in | Olympic games, ‘alker D golf and the polo match with Argen- - tina. Our one major reverse was in | lawn tennis. Prance retained the Davis Cup and our national championship. At home the accomplishments were many and varied. Pull details will be * found in the individual reviews, but it is fitting to touch on the high spots ° of some of the leading sports. Victory in the Olympic games has come to be an old story. This country has not failed since the famous Greek festival was revived in 1896. The United 7 | States scored 131 points, counting ‘L"l!‘ry(hing. to 62 for Finland, 59 for | Germany, 55 for Sweden and the other | notions, of which 33 took part, scat- tering. It cost $290,000 to finance the team. Our athletes established 17 new Olympic records, of which seven were world records. . On track and field the honors were widely distributed. Victory came large- ly by weight of numbers. In the field events this country was supreme, but, apart from two relay races, Ray Bar- buti was the only runner to win a first place on the track, when he car- : ried off the “400” in a spectacular finish and then collapsed. This took ;nuch of the kick out of the games or us. 3 Wo scored 10 firsts in swimming, which helped mightily in the victory, two in rowing and one in wrestling } but not a single one in boxing or any | other line in the regular program out- side of the water sports. Ruth a Spectacular Figure. Babe Ruth, as usual, was the most spectacular figure in base ball. He jslashed out 54 home runs, just six be- & hind his own mark, set in 1927, and he cstablished a record for world series hitting of .625, which is likely to stand for years to come. He made three home runs in the last game. No mightier | man with the bat ever lived. The Yankees won the American League | pennant for the third year in succes ’ sion, and for the secqnd year in suc- cession carried off the world series in four straight games—an unheard of ae- * complishment—by beating St. champions of the National they had Pittsburgh the year before. Rogers Hornsby, the stormy petrel of the game, won the National League hitting honors with the high mark of .380, while Goose Goslin outbatted Heinie Manush in the American League by a single point with .379. Reigh Count was a sscond Man O' e g PORTS rza riot in this totterng year of 1928 and millions profited CErvaveree He won seven out of the Kentucky -Real POl D. Hertz, in sending him out to meet the best abroad. High Strung, winner of two Futurities, heads the list of winning horses with $157,500, while E. B. McLean of Wash- ington supplanted H. P. "Vhitney mo&z ern T I PO oy g the owners, with $223,